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Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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Subject: Biotechnology × Author: SOOD, RICHA × End date: 2009 ×
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    ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC DIVERGENCE OF TERMINALIA CHEBULA IN HP USING RAPD MARKERS
    (COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY, 2007) SOOD, RICHA; SHRIKOT, POONAM
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    BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION TO ASSESS GENETIC DIVERSITY IN WILD POMEGRANATE OF H.P.
    (2009) SOOD, RICHA; NATH, AMARJIT K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation on “Biochemical characterization to assess genetic diversity in wild pomegranate of H.P” was carried out using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. On the basis of morphological studies collection Shoghi-2 of Shoghi site was seen to possess maximum petiole length and vitamin C content in aril juice. Genomic DNA was isolated from young and green leaves of 24 collections of six sites of wild pomegranate using CTAB method (Doyle and Doyle,1987) with slight modifications. Genetic variation was studied using 25 random decamer primers, out of these only 19 primers produced polymorphism. Total number of bands amplified were 142, out of which 116 were polymorphic and 19 were specific RAPD markers. The amplified fragments ranged in size from 178-3895 bp and percentage of total polymorphism band was 70.All the 24 collections of the six sites were distinguished with the combination of 19 primers selected in this study. Similarity matrix was constructed using Dice and Jaccard coefficient. It ranged from 0.42 -0.91 (Jaccard coefficient) and 0.60-0.92 (Dice coefficient). Low similarity value was obtained between Rajgarh-3 and Kandaghat-2 and high similarity was between Badiyal-2 and Shoghi-4. Dendrogram was constructed by using UPGMA method for the clustering for all the collections of wild pomegranate. All the collections were grouped together except for Rajgarh-3, which formed another cluster. Relationship between individual site and its collections were not clear from the dendrogram, for this purpose individual dendrogram between single site and its collections was constructed. From the data obtained in this study it can be concluded that RAPD studies can be useful in breeding programmes allowing the identification of different collections and assessing the genetic similarity among different collections of wild pomegranate which would facilitate their use as identified genetic stock in future breeding programmes.